Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1887-06-11

poised in the most favorable light. Tpo
anyone who has the slightest love of th
beautiful in nature this magnificent spec
tacle grows each time he is permitted t
feast his eyes upon it. Situated With
three miles of town, It's accessibility com
bfned with its phenomenal attractivenes
will make it a very popular resort.
The waters of the spring have been an
alyzed by Prof. Montgomery of the uni
verslty OF Dakota, the result of whose ex
animation he states as follows: Organi,
matters, @; chloride of sodium, 0; sui
phate OF magnesium, 0; clay (silicate o1
alumina, etc., O.; sulphate of lime, very
small quantity; carbonate of lime, trace
The professor adds: at may be seen from
the foregoing, that the water is very pure
indeed, much more SO than the water OF
city supplies usually is. Its entire free
dom from organic matter (whether of plant
OR animal origin) is of the greatest i'm
portance. By carrying no saline matters
it contrasts strongly with much Of the
| water obtained on the western prairies.
1t is not quite as soft as rain-water because
Of the small amount of lime it contains.
Yet have no doubt it will answer well
for washing purposes
From the Giant springs we NAV look
for the future inexhaustible water supply
of Great Falls. Its waters perenniaIly
flowing from the earth's cool cellar can be
conveyed to the city by pipes, which may
be easily placed as the grade is favorable.
r Already several acres, forming a beauti-
full park about the springs, have been en-
closed, the trees carefully protected and
piers built out over the springs, permitting
full view thereof. By another season a
pavilion will be erected there, where the
many visitors can be pleasantly refreshed.
1t Will be the favorite resort of youthful
lovers, of careworn business men who
seek respite from the days rush and worry.
for the weary laborer who will there find
rest in contemplating the beauties of ma
ture and yigor in quaffing the cooling
draughts of pure water.
Golfers FALLS.
Wemust not forget the next in the Sc
ries Of cataracts, which would of itself, if
not found in such imposing company, be
considered sufficient to warrant the future
of ID town and draw hundreds of tourists
to view its strength and beauty. This is
the cascade, which stretches across the
river for a quarter of a mile, with smooth
descent of fourteen feet. This we arrive
at almost before the blue tint OF the
Giant spring has disappeared from the
river. The name of Golfers falls was
upon it by Mr.. Paris Gibson, the |
founder OF Great Falls, in honor of the |
hardy hunter and explorer who accom-
panied Lewis and Clarke. In Washington /
astoria" is thrilling accountof |
me of his adventures with the Indians at |
his very fall. /
RAINBOW FALLS.
About half a mile down the river is
ublime object, which for combined beau
y and grandeur is almost unique in all
nature. Here a shelving rock extends
across the channel for over
quarter of mile, unbroken, as smooth as
f formed by art. Over this the whole
Missouri precipitates itself fifty feet per-
its waters dashed by the
ocky bottom of the abyss into the
,urest spray, in which, when viewed in
he sunshine, we read its name traced by
ature's lavish hand in the resplendent
olors of the rainbow.
CRUOhED FALLS. |
And now the angry watersa foaming,
oiling, rush to and fro until their vagrant
articles come violently together for a
cap of nineteen feet in the form of an ir-
egular horseshoe, and are lost for mo-
lent amidst cloud of mist in the seeth-
lg vortex below. Just beyond this, seated
n huge projecting rock on the north l.
ank OF the river, we may quietly con-
empiate this enchanting scene, rendered
lore weird, grand and inspiring by the
oft light of the moon, which we are just
citing glimpse Of over our right
boulder. Here, indeed, is a subject
-orthy the best talents of an inspired poet
r painter, for we are in full view of the
lajestic Rainbow and the convnlsed | ,
rocked falls. But human words fall
ide of the mark in describing natures
andiwork. To be appreciated it
lust be conveyed to the mind through ,
lie medium of the most blessed of
wine gifts to man, the sense of sight. But
lille we have been sitting here the wa
rs have been bounding along their rug
ed path, forming scores of cataracts and
nally concentrated in full force in the
arrowing channel, confined by the can Q
IN walls, ready for the final and stupen- Il
ous plunge known as "Great Falls" This
easures perpendicularly about hun i
ed feet. From high rock under the {
inter Of the falls the best view can be \
)tained. 4
THE EXPLORERS NOTES. p
Seated there one morning over eighty
'ars ago Capt. Lewis made the follow /
G comments in his note book. s.The
yer Immediately at its cascade is three a
inbred yards wide, and is pressed in by -
cliff on the left which ii
'es to about one hundred feet For v
nety OF hundred yards from tie left q
III the water falls in one smooth, even
eet over precipice of at least eighty
ct. The remaining part of the river
ecipitates itself with more rapid cur. Il
ut, but being received as it falls by the b
'eg ular and somewhat projecting rocks / u
low, forms a splendid prospect of per- q q
city white foam two hundred yards in a,
agth and eighty in perpendicular eleva- +, b
ss liz /